1.
“Companies benefit when they discourage employees from working extra hours or taking work home. When
employees spend their leisure time without ‘producing’ something for the job, they will be more focused and effective
when they return to work.”
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with
reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
2.
“Financial gain should be the most important factor in choosing a career.”
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons
and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
3.
“You can tell the ideas of a nation by its advertisements.”
Explain what you think this quotation means and discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with it. Develop
your position with reasons and/or specific examples drawn from history, current events, or your own experience,
observations, or reading.
4.
“People are likely to accept as a leader only someone who has demonstrated an ability to perform the same tasks
that he or she expects others to perform.”
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons
and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
5.
“All citizens should be required to perform a specified amount of public service. Such service would benefit not only
the country as a whole but also the individual participants.”
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons
and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
6.
“Business relations are infected through and through with the disease of short-sighted motives. We are so concerned
with immediate results and short-term goals that we fail to look beyond them.”
Assuming that the term “business relations” can refer to the decisions and actions of any organization—for instance,
a small family business, a community association, or a large international corporation—explain the extent to which
you think that this criticism is valid. In your discussion of the issue, use reasons and/or examples from your own
experience, your observation of others, or your reading.
7.
“Businesses and other organizations have overemphasized the importance of working as a team. Clearly, in any
human group, it is the strong individual, the person with the most commitment and energy, who gets things done.”
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons
and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
8.
“Since science and technology are becoming more and more essential to modern society, schools should devote
more time to teaching science and technology and less to teaching the arts and humanities.”
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons
and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
9.
“Courtesy is rapidly disappearing from everyday interactions, and as a result, we are all the poorer for it.”
From your perspective, is this an accurate observation? Why or why not? Explain, using reasons and/or examples
from your own experience, observations, or reading.
10.
“It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal
life.”
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion stated above. Support your views with reasons
and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
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